East Midlands Trains have put on extra services ahead of the Lincoln Christmas Market 2014.
More trains to meet extra demand
Hundreds of thousands are expect to attend the market, which runs from the December 4 up until December 7.
Over 200 stalls are situated amongst the castle grounds, drawing in tourist from across the globe.
Transport is always an issue that arises during the four days, with a park and ride service being opened up at the Lincolnshire Showground.
With more people expected than ever before, East Midlands Trains have reacted by putting on extra carriages during the busy period.
Lisa Breeze, Team Manager at East Midlands Trains, said: “The additional services, as well as additional coaches, are added to the usual routes to deal with the vast numbers of passengers who travel to the market.
“We try and use whatever spare stock we have available to transport passengers across our routes. The past two years have also seen us using coaches to deal with any passengers who are not able to travel by train at certain stations.
“This also hopefully alleviates problems of overcrowding on alternative transport options such as local bus routes.
“The additional services are set to run on the Friday and Saturday only as past experience has showed that the Thursday and Sunday are not really impacted at Lincoln station by large crowds of passengers.”
For more information on the trains, visit http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/tickets-deals/deals-savings/christmas-travel/Christmas-Shopping-Destinations/Lincoln/#Friday-5-December
The Lincoln News 